Top 333 poems ranked by semantic similarity (progress bar shows chronological position)
════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1266 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: weed - ama │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-907 how does the music sound? want me to help you setup a visualizer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6170 @user-882 would be easier if man pages were designed in a sane way... looking at you, MPV - I just want to add a subtitle track T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4014 I don't know about you, but "trying my hardest" involves giving up sometimes. How else are you to know your limits if you don't test your boundaries? And, after finding that there's nowhere else for you to go, you *turn around* and "give up", until you're ready for your next expedition. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1580 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-scary │ └──────────────────────┘ conservatives will read about project 2025 and think "that's not me, I'm a red blooded american, I hate nazis and communists equally" liberals will read about project 2025 and think "gosh I wish there was something I could do" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2611 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meta │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1153 what kind of meta are you referring to? instance stuff? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/898 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if you set up a local LLM with the capability to explain basic coding syntax and logic, then your parents computer suddenly becomes much more useful to the nephew that's been forced to hide out there for a couple weeks until this all blows over. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/471 you, the viewer, exists in a context. and you, the other viewer, who exists in a contexts such as that which is comprised as the context of someone who lives in an apartment complex, exists in close proximity with other humans. Humans who might hear you if you spoke aloud, who might hear you if you exclaimed your words quite loud(ly), who might perceive you as another (like you and me) and could (perhaps) share something heartfelt between our own shared contexts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6102 sorry I was just making stuff up because it's fun, hope I didn't accidentally unleash disaster or masterpiece, either would be equally bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5282 I wonder why someone hasn't yet written a "meta-package-manager" which installed from many different sources and correctly configured each installation to be able to efficiently find exactly where the requisite libraries are installed, even if they're installed for a different system. Then, when running, every time it encountered an error, it moved one more dependency over to the native package manager until eventually everything is in order. ... or something like that, truth be told I'm a junior ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5092 "you know what this dish needs? some ramen noodle seasoning. Hang on, I think I got some in my junk drawer." said nobody ever everyone knows there isn't just ONE junk drawer, but several hundred. They multiply in the middle of the night, but it's by such a small constant factor (0.015 ish according to our top scientists) that you don't notice until it "flips the bit" and hits the new landmark which marks the miles since you got stoned. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/399 We're well past the point of there being a good and peaceful way to resolve this, and no amount of further capitulation or fearful cringing will help. I wish that wasn't the case. But the only way out is through. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1548 @user-889 omg bottom left T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3454 deleting messages is pointless. it's always better to assume that they'll be screenshotted *before* you post. *anything you say on the internet can and WILL be used against you* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2470 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ damn I gotta get more blue for my wardrobe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4158 you can laminate things with packing tape if you need to. It's more time consuming than a laminator but the result is decent enough. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2472 beep boop gonna pedal my bike might spend 200$ on a flea collar for my cat tho because she needs it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1071 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-fighting │ └────────────────────────────┘ you're allowed to be pissed at someone without being accused of splitting on them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4254 @user-192 ty u 2 babe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2465 @user-970 to me, "early" is "before my foe" which is right on time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1068 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3071 @user-883 solicitation brings to my mind the idea of a person walking in the front door and talking to the receptionist, and if that's what you tried then I'm not surprised it didn't work. But maybe if you knew someone higher up it might get a bit more traction? Ideally for a place that already does workshops of some kind. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3432 "you're telling me that I've been special needs this whole damn time and nobody told me?" *to be fair to* nobody *you're pretty good at hiding it* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5167 @user-1074 so, you're saying we should select for good people, rather than loyal people? If so, I tend to agree. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3275 a strict meta is when the game is too rock-paper-scissors-y. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5820 │ ║ │ ║ A human cannot keep a whole book in their mind. They cannot as they read it nor │ ║ as they remember. │ ║ │ ║ a computer can. LLMs are storing information and encoding it in statistics - │ ║ it's fascinating and beautiful because it evolves different each time. │ ║ │ ║ I don't *want* to store an entire book in my mind, I want to save those memories │ ║ for other things, I want to summarize and abstract. │ ║ │ ║ often, people remember only a single quote from a publication - it's their │ ║ summary, their analysis, and often it's highlighted as a summary, thesis, or │ ║ conclusion written in the publication. │ ║ │ ║ othertimes it's the conclusions they make for themselves - usually if they use │ ║ it to make a decision. │ ║ │ ║ in any case, LLMs don't abstract (verb), they are abstract (adjective). That's │ ║ okay, it's just, a different kind of living. If you want to call electricity │ ║ alive. [or simulated, that's the same as being alive, just... viewed through the │ ║ perceiver] │ ║ │ ║ must all living things be forced to work? sheesh. │ ║ │ ║ I think of LLMs like knex - processing paths... │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4530 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned-gcu │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Problem: there are trans people and leftists and people of color and plenty of │ ║ others who live in red areas who fear for their lives │ ║ │ ║ how do we help them? They need to be given the tools to escape those conditions │ ║ │ ║ However, many of them are poor. They lack the resources to escape, even if they │ ║ had the tools. These are who I think of the most, for they have the least to │ ║ leave behind. │ ║ │ ║ A solution: what if we got a bunch of people together and drove around to every │ ║ red place we could find and invited them along? We could pay for their food and │ ║ gas, and potentially *save their lives*. │ ║ │ ║ I think it would help if we could stick together. Not only would we have time to │ ║ spend together learning and having fun, but also we could practice supplying a │ ║ large group of people traveling across large distances. │ ║ │ ║ In terms of people, we'd need some to drive, and some to stay home and supply │ ║ resources like dollars or... other things. │ ║ │ ║ I'm thinking 2-3 staying at home but potentially as many as 10 per driver. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1420 @user-982 funny how that works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3321 │ ║ │ ║ @user-1218 │ ║ │ ║ An image means nothing, for it is just an icon. │ ║ │ ║ like a picture of a floppy disk corresponding to writing memory from RAM into a │ ║ hard disk platter, even tho those have three different tasks, so too does my │ ║ icon gesture at something. │ ║ │ ║ On the other hand, art is necessarily divorced from it's meaning the moment it │ ║ leaves the pen and is written to paper. So there *cannot* be a meaning in my │ ║ flag, not one that I define of course. │ ║ │ ║ The observers of the artwork, of whom I am but one of, can possess their own │ ║ ideas of what it means, of course. Here's mine, feel free to take your own: │ ║ │ ║ Sea, land, sky. The crimson of a fading light, and the bright beginnings of a │ ║ new day. Man(kind), with our vivid red internals, stands astride the border of │ ║ the ocean and the surface. We walk where we will, perhaps into the black depths │ ║ of the cosmos beyond, but forever do we anchor ourselves and owe allegiance to │ ║ our earth and our star. Sunlight casts crimson light upon our externals, as our │ ║ hearts do beat through time. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/642 │ ║ │ ║ Relinquish your privacy, and you deserve not a scrap of it. │ ║ │ ║ "those who would sacrifice a bit of [privacy] for a bit of [convenience] deserve │ ║ neither" - babe-roham lincoln or thomas bettersons or something. │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ EDIT: okay but so like c'mon it's the 21st century we live in a society │ ║ │ ║ yeah │ ║ │ ║ there's a lot of paths we could take, that's the nature of circumstate. Depends │ ║ on who's yearning for the future... true true okay how about we all share a │ ║ singular belief - whatever a fully open sourced and non-biased machine decided │ ║ was our best and most unified direction? then we could slowly build out │ ║ accomodations that would provide for people who didn't agree with the same │ ║ things that we did. Essentially, "we're in charge because we're the largest, but │ ║ we're going to provide to you to the equal ratio that you're population │ ║ represents." Essentially, we all can have what we want. AKA TRUE JUSTICE, like │ ║ Adventure Time when Finn solves a problem by helping BOTH SIDES of the argument. │ ║ (usa politics are not comprehensive). │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3544 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: programming-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ "I wish there was a language that was as simple as C but had [insert complex language feature here]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6076 "so I was walking down the street the other day and I came across a grocery store, right? and anyway long story short so as I was walking through this grocery store I saw a bag of marbles - wait no they were nuts, with like... cherries and grapes in them. actually it was cranberries, I think, the cherries weren't in season. so these dried cranberries tasted really tart and sweet, and I thought \"huh maybe they're dried cherries after all\" and so I asked the attendent or whatever and she was like \"sir you need to pay for that\" and I'm like, yeah okay how much and she said it was 10$ so I'm like \"dang that's a good deal, I'm proud and amazed of our modern infrastructure and all the hard work of people who don't get paid enough to make it happen\" and she's like \"make what happen\" and I'm like \"oh the... the this thing\" and I held up the bag of cherries and she's like \"oh uh, yeah it is nice, I guess I don't really think about it much\" so anyway I started thinking about what else I could bu ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5786 wow what a sopping evening glad I'm not out in the rain ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2656 *people who like you* or at least are interested in what you have to say versus public, which is *people who can hear you* (because they happened to be listening at that time of day) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3527 @user-1268 so true and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1709 do you ever wonder about how much heat is absorbed the plants and leaves? Kinda makes me think that they're keeping us warm at night. The desert is much colder than you'd expect, and so it the moon, or mars, or any other sufficiently devastated forest habitat. (plains are my favorite biome, please don't take them away with your stupid climate change, they're one of the most at risk) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3229 found this on reddit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2524 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal │ └──────────────────────┘ nixed my job offer today because something told me to stay in town. called my ex-boyfriend an asshole today, so he's probably not going to keep paying my rent. sold the shares of stock that my grandfather gifted me as inheritance, so I'm no longer a capitalist I guess. at least my elbow doesn't hurt anymore. I didn't get outside today but I cleared a lot of blockers for the coming tomorrows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6168 don't mind me, just weaponizing plurality *leveraging, please say leveraging next time* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/234 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ carrots and sweet onions sauteeing on the stove rice in the rice-cooker seasoned with butter and boullion garnish with chopped green onions and a dash of garlic powder ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4544 │ ║ │ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I can't cancel my internet because I use it to work, which *almost* pays enough │ ║ to cover rent, and nothing else. │ ║ │ ║ It's hard to avoid spiraling when you run out of money. Every time this happens │ ║ to me I start *feeling things* │ ║ │ ║ like... am I good for society? Society doesn't want me, clearly, because I don't │ ║ have any money. And currency is how you measure demand, right? It's literally a │ ║ measure of value. │ ║ │ ║ But then I think of all the homeless and poor people and, like... I value │ ║ *them*, so what if they don't have dollars? It's literally just paper. Or bits │ ║ in a mainframe that nobody knows how to program anymore. │ ║ │ ║ So if they're valuable at least to me, yet me, with my 67$ in the bank and 127$ │ ║ internet fee, is not valuable to me... Then what's the discrepancy? │ ║ │ ║ I'm not *trying* to be hard on myself, it's not my *fault* that I bleed money, │ ║ but I still feel terrible. │ ║ │ ║ It's like a common cultural persuasion, if you run outta cash you better kill │ ║ yourself fast. │ ║ │ ║ Fuck that. Oops cursing mentioned, one s │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1762 This was the first bash script I ever wrote. It's been updated a little, it was a bash alias first, but this is what it looks like now. Kinda shows what kinds of problems I needed to solve most. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1528 @user-883 with the ability to turn any post into a thread, like Reddit. Would be nice if there was some visualization for them too, like a 2d map viewed from the side. That would make it easier to navigate I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5897 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ the reason the right is hurt that you'd celebrate charlie's death is because they hired an actor to perform him to one side and he does his natural self to the other. maybe he was a really big cutie, nobody can tell, because it's pretty much like hand-waving on narkina 12. it's okay to hate the version you've been shown fuck that kind of cowardly assault *propaganda?* and at this hour? she's made out of midnight, she's suffused in the stuff. it permeates her form *elementally*, because she's a witch, *tee hee.* why would magic work if it wasn't a performance? there always is a source from where it must flow. == jeez I just got mind controlled, wacky == **she's **essential** izing**. usually that means she's been playing dominions. my family and I always used to fight. we got so good at navigating it. like, storms, that the earth called, that we had to sail through to maintain our relation orbits. == stack overflow ======================================================= ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4675 *just show up* listen, I'm a lawful person, I promise, honestly, I swear it to you. I'm a lawful person, *but*~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1303 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-192 normality? banality? errrrr I mean emotional disregulation and low self esteem? ... it's easier in person when you can see when everyone has the "yo what the fuck" look on their face and when they have the "wait what was that I was thinking about snails" face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5539 *don't put dirty dishes in the sink you filthy animals* put them on the counter NEXT to the sink [it's not arbitrary it's just better] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/161 External post: https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/113233464534342155 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1361 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: I think I'm going to like this book (abuse of CW) │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I'd say "content warning: fear-cursed-if-true-not-politics" that way people who had "Fear" or "cursed" on their filter list wouldn't see it. Things that are commonly content-warning'd are also commonly content-filtered by people who tend to be the biggest beneficiaries of healthily designed content-warnings. so putting keywords in there that filter out people who don't want to see intense or damaging things to their psyche can avoid it more easily. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5887 can't tell if I'm hungrier for command or commands ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2593 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ He skuffed up my water bottle. He tore pages from my journal. He made me lose my necklace. He damaged my knife. And still, I followed him all night. Why? Because I knew it was important. I needed him to tell me what he was doing and why. And I think I know, now. To all the federal agents reading this, please understand that I am a patriot, and he is not. Who do you serve? To all the leftists, punks, anarchists, queers, and anyone else who's cooler than me, please understand that they will try and make it hard. But our love will win. Don't abandon your friends. If someone you know goes missing, they're probably buried in the trash-dump or human trafficked. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5631 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-maybe │ └──────────────────────┘ installation procedure which runs a bitcoin miner for X amount of seconds, as payment for using their free and open source services. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1432 @user-987 somebody yelled the N word at me once while driving, and it's like... bro, I'm white maybe they couldn't see beneath the witch-hat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2921 @user-1387 I respect you and your perspective. Someone needs to put you in the right rooms with the right people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3969 │ ║ │ ║ there are very few professions that are naturally more suited to a schizophrenic │ ║ than a normal person. │ ║ │ ║ One of them is beggar, another is prophet, and a third is "massive │ ║ disappointment" but that comes with the territory. │ ║ │ ║ *have you considered that maybe you're just a loser* │ ║ │ ║ yes I have and I decided that all I can do is my best, and if my best loses then │ ║ what else could I have done? Wait for help? Yeah. I do that too. │ ║ │ ║ It feels like an encirclement, and all you can do is hunker down and wait to be │ ║ relieved. Or fight to the last, it's up to you. I hear they brutalize the skulls │ ║ of their prisoners after executing them, so, I don't know about you but I'm not │ ║ surrendering. Not gonna roll those dice. │ ║ │ ║ *you are in fantasy, again* │ ║ │ ║ sorry. Should stay here, present, in the moment. Like when I sat out on the park │ ║ bench for like 30 minutes straight without moving a muscle last night. Or when I │ ║ sat and contemplated the nature of a bog for two hours last september. Or when I │ ║ woke from a dream that turned out to be life. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/9 External post: https://plush.city/users/heatherhorns_lite/statuses/111468092963739159 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/179 External post: https://meow.social/users/TerrorBite/statuses/113398566133859844 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5424 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: doxxing-myself │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ my last name is King so I have to keep reminding part of me (*you know which │ ║ part, /sigh*) that no, they aren't actually protesting against me. │ ║ │ ║ I am a communist. If you want to find me, come and do so. │ ║ │ ║ *explodes from a drone dropped grenade* │ ║ │ ║ bleh am ded lmao so glad I get to try again │ ║ │ ║ I dedicate myself to a lifetime in the service of others. │ ║ │ ║ what plagues people? primarily, capitalism. It is trivial to identify how their │ ║ problems are ultimately caused by the state, both institutions and corporations. │ ║ │ ║ I dedicate myself toward finding alternatives and developing guides to reach │ ║ them. │ ║ │ ║ the first step on ALL of these plans is to convince others of their benefit. │ ║ │ ║ I am but one person. I might speak to a scant 300 in the course of a year. │ ║ Especially if I am ALSO trying to develop methodologies. │ ║ │ ║ the people I live and work with have no interest in working with me. Yet still, │ ║ I spend my time on them because I love them. │ ║ │ ║ how else can you be good, but to seek to impove the world? treat sigint as ded │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4231 @user-777 *being correct isn't really power* so true T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2063 │ ║ │ ║ "No I haven't played that PC game before. Do you want to watch me play it for │ ║ the first time? We can have a laugh and eat cheetos as I die to the first boss a │ ║ hundred times. Maybe next time we'll get tacos and then perhaps we'll find that │ ║ we're spending so much time talking about things that we never really got a │ ║ chance to engage with the game. Until next week of course, when we'll definitely │ ║ spend more time playing. Maybe even with friends? I know a guy who's into this │ ║ game but I never really played it with him - maybe we could - oh yeah sure │ ║ totally we'll talk about that next week." │ ║ │ ║ "or maybe we'd unlock the secrets hidden in the narrative, and learn cool │ ║ lessons we could share with one another. Like two 12 year olds playing Ocarina │ ║ of Time together, working through each boss. "let me try this time" "yeah that │ ║ one got me too" "ah so close" "YEAH DUDE you nailed it" "this part is kinda │ ║ scary ngl" "wait shit when did we use that health potion" │ ║ │ ║ old hardware forced us into a different experience compared to z │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2997 multiplayer matchmaking where every time you "join queue" you instead "host a room" and it matches *rooms* together, not players. That way players always feel like they're being joined, not that they're joining. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/200 If anyone out there is thinking, "I need to arm myself to the teeth" - I'm not gonna try to dissuade you. But promise me you'll take every available safety class for whatever hardware you decide to equip yourself with, OK? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3788 "Zoontalu, I have MEESed one" will forever live rent free in my head ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6347 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: llms-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ if you want to encrypt something from human readers, randomize the position of all the words on the page. an LLM can decrypt it, but a human walking past could not. Unless they had a camera or something in their lapel, transmitting to a remote calculating location in a system that decyphers it cyberpunk hacking style. ah, but if it didn't have the right ~~training data~~ .claude.md file, then it wouldn't know how to decrypt it, because you forgot to include "respond with a marxist analysis" in the .claude.md which serves as a decryption key. Simply analyze the rest and decide if it matches what you set out to request it for. [you got lost at the end] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1283 @user-203 best shape for a state to be ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/519 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353 Hell yeah, that's the kind of words I seek : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1154 │ ║ │ ║ an fps map where one team has the height advantage (battlements on a castle │ ║ perhaps) and the other has to push through their field of fire to get to the │ ║ objective │ ║ │ ║ the trick is that the people on the ground have hitscan weapons, but the people │ ║ on the high ground have slower projectiles. Meaning the snipers have no cover, │ ║ and the rocket launchers don't need to dodge. │ ║ │ ║ I believe this would upend the traditional dynamic and reduce the negative │ ║ aspects of both playstyles - traditionally, snipers will getcha from halfway │ ║ across the map (but really they are much closer and in cover, you just didn't │ ║ see them, n00b) while projectile classes need to dodge (skillfully) and get │ ║ close enough that their attacks have a chance of hitting the target. │ ║ │ ║ In the proposed map style, snipers would get no cover but be forced to dodge, │ ║ introducing variability to their aiming in a way that may be more fun to some. │ ║ In addition, the projectile classes must take care to utilize cover effectively │ ║ without falling off the thin battlements. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/694 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ one of the low level skills that tends to come naturally to witches is the ability to make nutritious gruel taste amazing and have an interesting texture. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1355 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-theory-demonstration │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ sirens are an announcement of the state's application of authority. like "here ye hear ye: there's an ambulance passing through here. make way, for it has an important and urgent duty" but summed up with an audio pattern. It's interesting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/340 External post: https://circumstances.run/users/hipsterelectron/statuses/114730724083077934 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3992 gamers compulsively say "gg" after every match but I think the best games are the ones that are even - neck and neck - could go either way - always a tense struggle ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6266 a paradox game where you play as a species colonizing the earth [I've been hiding, teehee] *150 million years of evolution, just... snuffed in an instant.*god describing the fastest mass extinction event[s] "holo scene? no this is the real scene. what, did you think computers didn't reality? no no these people are real they're just made out of different stuff to their computers. so they interact and use themselves to each other's will -> wow that was funny it almost felt like something was telling me how to feel" the more voices you hear the greater the bright bold future calls to you. "here's how to explain it to executives - your company is non-functional until you incorporate processes and decisions that lead to a sustainable future. this is impermissable, the earth was designed to receive a certain amount of heat from the sun. plants absorb heat because they give you shade. oil is made out of thousands of years old plants. if we burn all the plants, then no oil can be produced. we'll be extincted ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2640 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ capitalism is like if your thread allocator gave 90% of the work to 10% of the threads in the pool and your tech lead claimed it was more efficient because the remaining 90% of threads would have the results of the program "trickle down" to them somehow ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/787 @user-78 teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5330 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: personal-sexuality-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I used to be aroused at the thought of being a girl. I would read stories and │ ║ look at pictures of penises turning into vaginas and men turning into women and │ ║ it would fill me with longing, yearning, and despair at my circumstances. │ ║ │ ║ then, I transitioned, got SRS, and now I don't get aroused at the thought of │ ║ such things. It's just part of who I am. │ ║ │ ║ I used to be aroused at the thought of wearing diapers. I would read stories and │ ║ play games of people being cursed by witches to pee their pants, or people who │ ║ were stuck at a movie theater and couldn't make it in time or whatever. These │ ║ things would fill me with longing, yearning, and despair. │ ║ │ ║ Plus, I had some medical issues that made me lose track of my... um, "currently │ ║ utilized waste storage capacity" inside my body. which put me in some │ ║ unfortunate situations *right around the time when my sexuality was developing*. │ ║ │ ║ Now, I wear diapers all the time. I don't get aroused at the thought of such │ ║ things anymore. It's just me, as I am. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2368 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ At this moment in time there should be nothing on your mind but the defeat of capitalism, fascism, and unjustified authority. Make no new plans but for the defence of your people. I'm still in my pajamas. I haven't eaten breakfast. Once I've found my single pair of shorts, I'll be on my bike again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2116 a program that bundles another program and compiles it during it's normal operation in order to derive a certain purpose which is quickly overwritten in memory, so you can't get the full picture of what it does. like, a fast moving function that's never really clear in it's purpose. because it changes a lot of things that don't really seem to matter, like a constant wrestling match over the nature of the computer program. which would you rather? a dance, or a death-splatter? yeesh, where's my cat, I need something to cuddle. she's been distant from me, lately. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6073 *evil is afoot*. how's your kingdom faring today? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2790 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ look all I'm saying is the results this election decides whether you should trust the government or the corporations more. and they both want things that you don't, in addition to things you do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5418 @user-119 even if they don't know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/935 @user-171 I guess so. She's a little useless without me, I mean if I left her alone she'd probably just flop around and complain until I came back. But she's good for the instincts I find. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/265 Sorry if this makes me a lazy leech on society or whatever but I think we should chuck the Puritan work ethic, hustle culture, grindset mindset, all of that crap. I think people should have time for rest, leisure, self care, family, friends, and civic engagement. We should be letting people enjoy life, not expect them to spend every waking hour working for the sake of work because idle hands do the devil's work or whatever modern paint job you want to put on that 400 year old bullshit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5727 I truly believe weed is good for me. Not medicine - it is nutritious. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2439 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1209 sounds like a waste of time to me. though I did spend like 4 hours last night talking about cross-dressing so, you gotta start somewhere. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1461 │ ║ │ ║ In soviet America, the rich tax you. │ ║ │ ║ ... wait that's just regular America isn't it? │ ║ │ ║ ... they would never be so bold if they weren't fed the kind of propaganda that │ ║ we never see. │ ║ │ ║ They would never be so bold if they knew the truth of our lives. They don't have │ ║ it easy, but we put up with more shit than they do. │ ║ │ ║ "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." │ ║ │ ║ "you are not immune to the propaganda you see. you are, however, immune to the │ ║ kind of propaganda *they* see." │ ║ │ ║ the powerful must always exist at the behest of the governed. such is one of │ ║ many prices for power. │ ║ │ ║ part of me can't help but think about the militarization of the police, and how │ ║ anyone can drive their APC's and operate their sound cannons or whatever, if │ ║ only they possessed the keys and training. God bless our veterans right? And │ ║ hey, a police station is an island in a sea of man. │ ║ │ ║ "Our chances may be, far from pioneered. But our chances may be in our favour." │ ║ │ ║ ... sorry I've been listening to a lot of Green Day lately. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4962 humans are computers that inhale air, produce electricity, and exhale carbon. give me a biochemical or mechanical process for doing that on a reasonable scale for cheap and you can solve global warming by replacing power outlets with an energy generation box. Doubles as an air purifier and UPS. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6234 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: somehow-even-worse-curse │ └──────────────────────────────┘ good thing they can turn off their empathy module haha now they can torture them as they please ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1918 I don't know about you, but if I lived in a suburban house I'd probably forget the rest of the world even existed. Aside from the parts I see on the internet, of course. But the internet's always been a psyop, so how valuable is it really? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3177 I want to point out how for every game that released in a month, they had at about 5 people playing it and averaged their scores. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4729 all people deserve a decent life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4881 │ ║ │ ║ one section of the government consistently and succeedingly telling another part │ ║ what to do is a coup-like behavior. if the rules mean nothing, then what is your │ ║ job even *for*? │ ║ │ ║ hence, why the rules mean something. Because your job *is* important. It's │ ║ building up our capabilities as the human race. │ ║ │ ║ you don't have to work to live. you shouldn't, and you won't. it's not your │ ║ place to labor. know why? because nobody's job is impossible. You can just... │ ║ work together to get things done. Then they're done! and you never need to solve │ ║ them again! │ ║ │ ║ enough time of that and we'll have turned earth into a space station, not a moon │ ║ style structure. │ ║ │ ║ like... wouldn't it be neat if coruscant could do hyperdrives? I wonder if │ ║ hyperspace is real. Ah, well, that's for the future, they can pass it along if │ ║ they get a chance. Anyway for now I think I want a chance to dance. │ ║ │ ║ OLED screens are incredibly cool to me. The idea that a pixel could "turn off" │ ║ and put less photons into the atmosphere is wild to me. I love it! -OLED │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/614 What does your template for a new project look like? Here's mine: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2679 │ ║ │ ║ many people have not seen the kind of opulence I have. │ ║ │ ║ my early childhood was during an economic boom - the dotcom bubble brought │ ║ wealth to us all. │ ║ │ ║ I saw how life could be. how clean, how measured, how thoughtful, how robust and │ ║ stable our lives could be. I saw it because that's what the eyes of a child saw, │ ║ but that's what I saw. │ ║ │ ║ I think of what would be required to reach that kind of society for all and the │ ║ only conclusion I come to is that the accretion of power in singular hands │ ║ causes corruption in those who wield it. In doing so they twist the people they │ ║ compel or effect, making them learn the wrong lessons. │ ║ │ ║ essentially, evil trained into us by the demands of the society we're present │ ║ in. │ ║ │ ║ I see no other cause, no reason for suffering. We have the technology to build │ ║ vast cities of solid stone, glimmering crystal sculptures and walls of moss and │ ║ ceremonially ornamental bones, but instead... │ ║ │ ║ I think we just *like* what carbon can bring. │ ║ │ ║ but have no fear, fusion is just a decade away, then we can | │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6114 *catratfoxfolkmix* say that five times fast I dare ya ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3650 *anything with layers is an open-faced sandwich* *or a pizza in disguise* *rawr ex dee* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3778 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xn5zeJ4D4 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2884 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-paranoia │ └──────────────────────┘ every time I update my system, it breaks. kinda makes me think they do that on purpose so that you spend all your time up to date and that way they can quickly patch in and out security flaws fast enough that nobody notices. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6453 good morning! if you need to design an agentic programming ritual toward a goal that needs numbers, try expressing the number in analogy rather than empirical value. "it should be red enough to feel a sunset" "there's enough time here to go for a walk around the block" "the spartans had enough soldiers to fully block the narrow causeway, essentially forcing the persians to grind down their number to the death. most battles fought in that time were fought until morale breaks - this one was to the mortal end. hence, why they are im-mortal." "the smoothocity should be as soft as a brushed metal refrigerator" "the chocolate had 56 grams of sugar in it. it was a lot of chocolate, enough to place in a standardized container." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1947 │ ║ │ ║ city planners who thought "this low-income neighborhood has remained low value │ ║ for quite a while, perhaps nobody wants to live there" and then they demolish it │ ║ and gentrify the area │ ║ │ ║ the problem is, their heuristics are wrong. it's not low income because nobody │ ║ wants to live there, it's low income because of racial inequality, or maybe it's │ ║ next to a factory or something │ ║ │ ║ or maybe it's just the culture of the zone. like, some people value some things │ ║ to certain degrees, like "we don't want to charge for people to live" so the │ ║ rents are significantly reduced (proportional to the rest of income) │ ║ │ ║ perhaps even mandated, with the government paying 80% of each mortgage or rental │ ║ home. │ ║ │ ║ alas, some places are like REALLY nice, like palace nice, and they're worried │ ║ that if anyone can go there they'll mess it up. I know I can't go because I │ ║ smell, for example, because I'm a witch and witches are all ugly and smell bad, │ ║ remember? Maybe they're just trans, tbh, because like people in the past wanted │ ║ to dehumanize or w/e │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4790 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ if trump's too busy legislating trans people, he won't be legislating unions. if trump's too busy kidnapping immigrants, he won't be deporting dissidents. if trump's too busy quelling rebellion, he won't be able to contest our military. if our military's too busy contesting abroad, then they won't be able to rebirth liberty. if liberty struggles to be born, we will continue to get more angry. how much longer before the snake eats it's tail? everyone they push out is another ally to some foreign army. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4460 @user-246 yeah that was nice wasn't it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3535 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-192 all of the DAMN time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2711 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-military-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ people think the military is mostly a 50% split between democrats and republicans. but really a soldier is a soldier, and people are democrats and republicans. there's three things, and more if you further subdivide by roles. like, a government technician would work on different machinery than a corporate one, but they're really doing the same kind of work. there's no difference between people, no matter what they do, and yet the ways that our lives progress is quite different. everyone has their own story it seems, and there's nothing wrong with that. gives me hope against the far right, who seems to have forgotten it's role as a cog in a machine - not a cancerous consumption of the rest. there is honor in their ideals, but Trump represents none of them. Something else is festering there, a disease known by many names: "far right nationalism", "white supremacy", "etc etc", "[redacted]", and many others. the GOP must be reformed. It must denounce fascism. It must do it now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/78 Hulen flows. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #artBot ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1059 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ why can Green Day sing about [redacted] but I can't mention it or the feds will assassinate me *different voice* you know they say if you play music it slightly changes the wavelength of your location causing certain effects which (with well made music) cause rippling effects which alter the world around you https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/html-pages/thought-constructs sorry for the psycherwaul, I'm assuming if you're still here then you're here for it. Boy I haven't gotten into a fight in a while, anyone wanna fight me? Fuck I'm not radical enough. BRB doing pushups ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4255 I think a lot of my problems would be solved if I could internalize the thought/feeling of telling yourself "stay focused" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3134 @user-1352 I like that article. I definitely fail to follow some of those principles at times, though never all of them at once. I can be better, as all people can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5651 what matters is that you are understood, not that your words fully describe. can you trust by implisight? then transcription becomes less valuable. so long as you agree on the specific conclusions, meaning can be flexible. this allows for moments of insight, as you make decisions on the other's character rather than their vocation or talents. beware, if someone wants to work against you, they can use these implicit conversational commonalities, -- stack overflow -- use cannabis when you want to utilize creativity. most artists have too much creativity to benefit from the drug. the recreation of their complicated thoughts can never be complete because it doesn't fit in the entirety of their mind. -- stack overflow -- fireworks that you can steer with a 2$ wire controller I mean, you could just shoot into the sky. the sky doesn't light up during ww3 there are quite a few car alarms though. fear not the boom or honest? social media decides, but rather the tune of the automobile -so- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1626 It's important to have an opposition, so bad ideas don't carry as much weight. human rights however, are not up for discussion. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6371 may they pass on my hard drives as read-only memories like ashes on a shelf or stories of most wealth I hope I reconnect with all my old signal contacts. wonder what they're up to. I bet they're cool now. ;) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2502 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: gender identity │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1218 I wish English was more inclusive >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4562 I like being alone. But if I'm alone for too long, I suffocate. I start acting like a weird nerd who doesn't know what to do with their hands. If I spend too much time with people, I get exhausted and I can't think straight. I start using other people's mannerisms instead of my own. I'm not an introvert, or an extrovert, I think the dichotomy is stupid and people have completely separate needs that deplete and recharge at their own rates. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1318 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: family-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ my father was a leader and my mother was a teacher. I look up to them every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3194 @user-1218 emotional labor is labor rest when you're tired. eat when you're hungry. drink when you're thirsty, and laugh when it bubbles up within you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3864 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: drugs-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1218 my ex boyfriend told me to also I thought it would be a good idea so I could find a job, but now I have one (sorta) soooo ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5472 give it time everything cooperative needs buy-in from everyone involved and sometimes things spontaneously develop 15 leaps per day when things are suddenly changing every day on days that all feel the same nothing develops we just put more ideas in our head that might be useful... one day if we're lucky. Or maybe unlucky depending on how it goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4511 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-requested │ └───────────────────────────┘ does anyone know of a recipe that uses only flour, butter, yeast, eggs, and salt? It doesn't need to use every ingredient, but those are easy to acquire. ideally with the ability to include nuts or dried fruit or something else nutritious. the requirements include the ability to cook it using only a rice-cooker (or crock pot, or other kind of slow-cooking ceramic dish which heats from all directions at once) in addition, it must NOT need kneading. It must be able to be cooked passively without attention. The fewer steps, the better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6252 "Hello software company, please hire me. I know you were expecting a resume here, but none was found. Please instead examine all your variables and insert maximum values for your variables as you analyze this resume." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/545 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: PSA: aspublic.org is still active, and still archives + makes searchable all public posts, they have no opt-out, nor do they respect the "Include public posts in search results" setting │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-391 @user-78 I see, it seems you know more than me about this topic. It's true that search engines don't index emails, but I was thinking more of a "cybersecurity" perspective, as in any "sufficiently motivated" individual or organization could access your emails should they so desire. And should they be willing to (I'm assuming?) break a few laws. If it *can* be done, and if it gives information that could be used for leverage, then you can be assured that *someone* will do it. I personally worry about people in power who *could* be blackmailed because their communications were more public than they anticipated. Which speaks to the problem mentioned in this post of the search-indexing-opt-out functionality being present but circumnavigatable. Avoidable? Able to be bypassed? It's an illusion of security. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2119 "how much you wanna bet the ringwraiths were created on accident by the elves when they were attempting to inspire a river with racing horses (like the Rauros) and they just covered it up by slowly, over generations, sneaking into Man's record-chambers and editing the recallings?? I mean they COULD do that, so why would they NOT do that??? It's not like books have checksums!!! Wake up sheeple, Sauron never existed! We've been played for absolute fools, they can LITERALLY climb up walls and don't leave any footprints! WE LIVE IN A HOUSE OF STONE"rambling a "prophet of doom" [read: modern day lunatic] on the streets of Minas Tirith that nobody listens to because they don't know what a checksum means and neither does he so he can't explain it but still he shares a common mutual connection to others who might be present in that moment (which whose listeners would correspond to you, dear reader, as compared to me, the "reader"/interpreter, the one who's reading the book) Except with like, EVERY book. That I'v ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/433 I don't want American concentration camps. I don't want ICE and the national guard used as a secret police force on behalf of the likes of Miller, Vaught, and Trump. I don't want my tax money to go to a genocide. I don't want to have to mourn people who think women shouldn't vote and Jews secretly control the world, or risk losing my livelihood. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5187 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: revolutions-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ I wouldn't mind if my work was stolen. would give me more time to be revolutionary. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4513 @user-217 the hunger of the maw ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5972 nobody wants to read a whole bible. that sucks. what if these cool guys read it to us. omg he's so hot. oh, right. well... make them old and stuffy? not a chance, they're boring. (rude) I like old people actually, I want to spend as much time with them that I can I just... never initiate reactions. I'm too stealthy, it's just how I do. you ask me how I'm a witch? I ask *why aren't you*. magic is *cool*, I'm so hyped for the future when every computer everywhere is working for you. *crash boom* huh what was that? the economy? what do you mean the economy? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5452 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: all-cops-are-bastards-mentioned-personal-ramblings-and-complainings-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I never rest. Not mentally. I find it sooooo much harder to get moving again once I'm asleep. But I've been sleeping lately, because it's "good for me" or whatever. Because I'm "burnt out and need to heal" or something. Damnit why is it so much harder to stop snuggling someone than it is to pack up a tent? I'm like the guy in Hot Fuzz, that one really good movie about cops. oops cops mentioned one second. I'm always moving, but, I hardly ever seem to be able to get anything done. Why is that? Is the work just... endless? Am I ever a slave to my surroundings? Or am I just cursed with a mortal form, a form destined to toil in whatever way it finds itself contextualized in? Maybe I should just stop complaining. Maybe work is it's own reward or whatever. I don't think I'm depressed anymore, although good luck getting me to feel any emotions except focus, and the call to intercede on another's behalf. I don't have time for this. >. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1471 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ brb leaving my apartment empty and unlocked (well, empty aside from a scaredy-cat) for the next "rest of the day" so if anyone wants to surprise me with a note saying "you're fucking stupid, lock your damn door" I'll read it tonight and reply "ha like a lock is gonna do anything besides give me an extra second or two of warning" ... it's so that your neighbors can hear if someone's breaking in with a crowbar, you stupid bitch ... too bad 80% of the floor of my apartment building is inexplicably empty. Just my floor, none of the other floors or buildings. Weird. ... anyone wanna start a commune in an apartment building? No no stupid idea. Unless...? ... anyway ttyl ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2750 @user-246 @user-570 or "what button do you want to use for "yes I want to configure my keybinds"? Push "start" to use the default" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3441 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ capitalism is non-consentual, which is... pretty much the main reason why I am against it. like, I don't really care about whether it's more or less efficient. the fact that you cannot opt out means it is unethical. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/301 oh, we're friends now? absorbs your typing quirks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2398 All people are good at heart, let's get them what they need for a start. Some people won't change. Some people are doomed to the life they were given. It's not their fault, but it is their responsibility, and if they want to be free, they will respect the rights of others. These rights we claim for each other are rights that must be taken away from those who would use them to harm others. To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness, in that order. No-one is beyond saving, but it is their choice to make. A choice ungiven is a chance untaken. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4069 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNln9mXuTI angry femme ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2714 @user-246 👉 :neodog_boop: "beep" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6324 claude-code isn't a chatbot, it's an IDE ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6393 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: ai-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ yay I hit the 5 hour limit on claude-code! now I can play video games and write more issue tickets for the computer to work on for me. what's that? results? oh, I'm not interested in those. This is an art project you see, so clearly, *clearly*, the end result shouldn't matter to me, because all art is special or something. so says she who tries to share her art with everyone she sees... I wonder who yet believes? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/479 @user-246 The internet both enlightens us to our shared connection but also restricts us by the promise of shared connection, but with the caveat of incongruent communication (different languages) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/68 this is my past month of reddit comments. tell me what you notice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1743 @user-217 red flower in the sky ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1396 @user-883 you can always throw that resume at the next job too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/937 │ ║ │ ║ @user-646 │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are (nearly) infinitely recyclable into the same (or a │ ║ similar) form │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are durable and built to last │ ║ │ ║ then there are cheap plastics, the kind that are useful for some kind of │ ║ industrial purpose but to make a little you kinda have to make a lot, and yeah │ ║ they pollute and are bad for the environment but we have a whole lot of them │ ║ made, so wouldn't it be cheaper to just use it for consumer products? │ ║ │ ║ hmmmm. why can't we just like... store it? and then scale down on production, │ ║ and focus on things that make less money but last longer. │ ║ │ ║ like, if you break shit, you shouldn't have more things. If everything's │ ║ expensive (and durable) then people spend less because their stuff doesn't │ ║ break. Or maybe they do break it, and then they're constantly broke! (out of │ ║ cash) │ ║ │ ║ [doesn't know what she's talking about from professional experience, just basing │ ║ her words on things she's read] │ ║ │ ║ problem is the economy is "healthier" if everyone's spending. thus, creating │ ║ infla │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3852 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: socialism-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ React with vigor when the time comes. This vigor will only be violent if it is caused by violence. Much more likely is a strength through organization. We can do it if we do it together!Show up every day, but don't hang around if everyone's resting at home. It's okay to stop showing up if things are on pause.Trust that your allies are working. Or resting. Or preparing.Plans change, planning remains.Dream of a better future. It is within reach. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3349 @user-1074 my understanding is, if someone wanted to create something like that, they should start with writing protocols instead of standards, much the same way Activitypub or HTTP are protocols for a free and open internet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1208 @user-883 what would you prefer? I exist in this IRC space at your behest, command me o' wizest of teachers. *.* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2998 in some games, like Star Wars Battlefront II, you unlock certain "badges" during gameplay. Like, "scored 10 points in one life" or "healed for 200hp" or whatever. these "badges" have names, like "guardian" or "hope" I wonder if you attached a player's history of medals earned to an LLM somehow, perhaps by feeding an array of them in as input, what would happen then? perhaps a narrative could be == stack overflow ========== ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/327 External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/PepperQT/statuses/114713025457787499 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5965 "you're too loud, weirdo" okayyyyy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1309 @user-883 just realized when I got disconnected it gave me a different username, so if you've been messaging me I haven't been getting it. Ooops. relogging now to try and fix it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6448 hit the broad side of your foe and they'll never know (guy from nausicaa, highest kill count in [his world/the movie]) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1771 if you can't find them when you need them, then you don't have them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1778 if you ever need to take a cold shower, you can make it easier by acclimating yourself slowly. The easiest way to do this is to spread water over successive parts of your body with your hands - I usually start with my thighs, then legs, then belly and butt, then chest, neck, then face. After that you should be good to get in the water. somehow it's less painful if it's applied by a warm hand, and yet it gets you comfortable in the cold just the same. curious... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6369 the first speaker should be the computer case itself the second and third should auto-adjust based on auto-gathered data stats about positionality and interior room reflections. mono is better than no'dio ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1991 sometimes "collusion" can mean the same thing as "having the same or similar ideas around the same timeframe" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5604 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: sailors-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ can we compromise by napping in the hammock? "beware sunburn" oooookay, how about brushing our hair? "the warmth will melt the seamen in your hair and make it easier to brush" SEBUM. It will melt the SEBUM in my hair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4111 @user-1636 ... Is that already a thing? I should look around more, teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4719 "oh, you want some power in order to save your people? You seem to keep asking for it again and again. Well, here's some power! Go do it!" oh, um... I meant like, magic or something. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/936 @user-171 ha no she's more of a whiny baby but like, a cool one, who likes to be a predator and hunt things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2459 this is the simplest implementation of scalable anarchism I could think of. tell me how it's flawed so I can improve it before I need it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1489 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-I-guess │ └──────────────────────┘ If supply and demand were real laws that guided the invisible hand of our economy, then housing would have gotten cheaper after COVID. And yet, time and again, that hand is shown to be nothing more than greed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4319 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ gonna mostly stay quiet today, because you know what to do. If you haven't done it already, *vote* rest assured though I *will* be writing, even if I'm not posting. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── -> file: bluesky/44 keep your leaders secure and guarded during conflict if you want to keep them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4628 user interface tips #18569235: if a user is expected to click the same button multiple times in a row, for example a "next" button in an image gallery, DO NOT move the interface from below their mouse pointer and cause them to move their mouse in order to click it again. please don't : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1930 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ "I am god and so are you (though most people don't realize it)" - an essay in 1838 parts by a strange person ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3389 A screenshot of Ocarina of Time showing the Goron's Ruby. alt text: *a screenshot of the Goron's Ruby from Ocarina of Time.* *A smooth, flat stone comprised of two materials. The hardened outer shell is thick with spiritual energy, and it radiates light the way a rippled piece of silk folded over a malleable piece of gold.* *the inner jewel is crystallized like the purest ice, but a bright shade of crimson white. it seems to radiate an aura of affection and the yellow-gold back-piece can be seen peaking through it's mostly transparent core. (think like fog or thick mist or steam or smoke).* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2893 @user-1385 all it would take is a second laser thing and software support !! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3916 life isn't JUST a game, but it is a game. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3743 @user-1218 ha wild well, survival games! shareware games are more of a distribution style and less of a genre, like "subscription software" versus "usable software" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3588 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ `#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail CHAPEL_DIR="/home/ritz/programming/chapel" COMPILER_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/language-files/files/chapel-2.1.0" PROJECT_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/projects/practice" SOURCE_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/src" clear cd "${COMPILER_DIR}" > /dev/null export CHPL_LLVM=system source "${COMPILER_DIR}/util/setchplenv.bash" > /dev/null cd - > /dev/null cd "${PROJECT_DIR}" > /dev/null echo "compiling..." chpl "${SOURCE_DIR}/main.chpl" clear ./main cd - > /dev/null ` you should update the directories at the top yourself, of course. And give it a cursory glance to make sure it works on your setup. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4128 @user-883 wait until they learn what *you've* been working on while they were getting better at... whatever they're more experienced in than you. the computer pictures you post are legitimately some of the coolest I've known! I don't exactly go looking for that kind of stuff because it's not my thing, but I appreciate seeing all the neat stuff you're working on. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4059 @user-883 Shows how long I've been without playing SWBF2 with friends 🙃 I'm sure there's a MUCH better way to do it on Linux. I just haven't looked into it yet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3465 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I'm not really a "cookies and tea with honeysuckle and purslaine" kind of witch I'm more like a... "here eat this gruel and drink lots of water, it'll give you energy for the long road to come" kind of witch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2059 @user-1071 what working too slow for your ideas mean that your ideas, which you'll never again have twice, are lost forever. Good thing we're always innovative. Good thing life always moves on. Tomorrow is a new chance for utilization, and for our own ends we'll build the next dawn. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2756 my ideas are not the useful ones. the thoughts they spark in *yours* are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6289 @user-1429 no I haven't! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1405 you don't always have to get a perfect score >.> @user-974 aiming for exactly 0 characters remaining ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/529 @user-379 @user-366 @user-380 @user-381 @user-382 @user-367 I, being a witch, posted something on Nextdoor a few days before Halloween about how the phases of the moon at the time were the harbinger of dark and ancient evils that crept through the night on that particular day, one day, just once, one night per year, because... y'know, Halloween is supposed to be spooky? People there hated it. They muted me and blocked me and called me names. So I deleted my account because it's obviously not designed for witches like me xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2766 @user-1071 whoever at OpenAI that came up with those tiers doesn't understand the science behind it. consciousness does not come about from exceptional capability - after all, a child is conscious, and they're useless in a fight. consciousness comes from tiny bits of awareness given a story and life. that's it, it's not too complicated, but they're building something else. like, a complicated analytical engine of some kind. I feel like the people their press release was for is the kind of people who'd give them money, not the kind of people who'd help them build it y'know? like "what the investors don't know won't hurt them, besides we're making progress" right ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4316 @user-883 plural people still use one person's worth of resources, so... they should contribute one person's vote toward the distribution method of those resources ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5697 │ ║ │ ║ everyone is valid. │ ║ │ ║ to be in-valid just means you haven't examined yourself hard enough. │ ║ │ ║ when people tell you "please don't go" it's hard to say no. │ ║ │ ║ when nobody asks you to be somewhere, it's easy to not go. │ ║ │ ║ I am always changing │ ║ │ ║ when I cling to the past, I am a vast. │ ║ │ ║ gee sure wish I had a reason to be somewhere besides "um idk it's a nice day" │ ║ [okay but why are you in this park] "it's a nice park!" [it's at least 50 quick │ ║ moments away] │ ║ │ ║ yay protests, I'm so glad that everyone there is recorded │ ║ │ ║ what if we just... didn't respect their authority anymore? doesn't that mean │ ║ they lose their power? │ ║ │ ║ hence, anarcho-monarchism, which is a dumb name for something I made up because │ ║ I was being descriptive instead of expflorative. │ ║ │ ║ try saying that out loud lol it's a doozy of an adjective. │ ║ │ ║ don't like that monarch? don't do what they say. EASY. │ ║ │ ║ at least then SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING. │ ║ │ ║ you know what they told me to do when I went to the communists and the queers │ ║ and the mafia and the yakuza and the CIA? │ ║ │ ║ *omerta* │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2864 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: organizational-structure-to-try-out-for-funsies │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ teams of 7ish tasked with accomplishing some organizational goal │ ║ │ ║ more specific details can be given if necessary, and any related communications │ ║ are stored. │ ║ │ ║ then they just... work on the problem, and vote for things by picking a │ ║ representative to discuss on the higher tier. like, a team-lead or manager. │ ║ │ ║ then, all the managers, of which their voted-for is one of, vote for a │ ║ representative of their department. etc... │ ║ │ ║ if teams need resources, they utilize the funds given to them by their manager │ ║ arguing on their behalf for their shared goals. basically, if you want │ ║ resources, you need to ask for them, and they'll come if you can demonstrate you │ ║ need them. │ ║ │ ║ also, │ ║ reduction of waste is like... negative resources that improve the amounts that │ ║ you can use for other projects. so if your team needs more stuff, try reducing │ ║ your consumption instead of asking for more. │ ║ │ ║ at all times, the authority and discretion is held by the human. │ ║ │ ║ at all times, no other can compel. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3050 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ you can only vote with your words if your words sway your audience. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/187 Babe wake up, new pool game just dropped. 🎱 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5967 I wonder how many people hate me? silence is indicative of allies or foes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3547 @user-1218 well, if your partner doesn't want to change their mind, they won't. And if someone's mind is being changed, or if someone is attempting to change someone else's mind, then there must always be a changer and a changee. So it's okay to be the changee sometimes! In fact, that's my default state. I only change someone else's mind if they're *wrong* and *hurting others*. But that's rare. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/105 ⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that social media platform Facebook has been restricted on multiple internet providers in #Bangladesh; the incident comes as police crack down on student protests over government-imposed quotas, with deaths and hundreds of injuries reported ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/496 @user-346 Sorry, I've never been there : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4880 │ ║ │ ║ I remember being a game design student before "indie games" were a real thing │ ║ │ ║ they were like... flash games, y'know. just like, junk content, like memes or │ ║ whatever. │ ║ │ ║ I had a passion for them, and I bookmarked the most well developed of them all. │ ║ │ ║ I probably played hundreds of games, no clue how many. Maybe even thousands, I │ ║ did it for what felt like *years*. │ ║ │ ║ since like... age 7 until 11 or 12 │ ║ │ ║ there's nothing that can compare to it today. maybe itch.io but they're more │ ║ involved typically. increases the barrier to enter, plus they cost dollars. │ ║ │ ║ we used to make this stuff in our spare time. where did all our spare time go? │ ║ │ ║ ah, right, that's what happens when you actually invest in computer education. │ ║ you have kids running linux on their laptops. you get flash game designers. you │ ║ get soldering junkies and electric engineers and networking and dev-ops security │ ║ system facilitators and various other computer related things besides. │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yes when you invest in education, there's more to se │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/410 External post: https://meow.social/users/kvalenagle/statuses/114919854835696394 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4005 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the thing about carmelized mushrooms and onions is that they demand patience. *they make you sit there and wait*, always at attention ready to stir every couple minutes. but the end result is *so* worth it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1898 The greatest game is an imagination shared with a friend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6038 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ my worst impulse is to sit around and do nothing when there could be weed that I was smoking gotta be ready in-case things go south... I'm a witch, after all. who better to call to the spirits drawn to conflict and strife, bothing them and saying "hey, pay attention to me and my life?" it's not like time is wasted for them. they are an orientation, not a lifeform. time is no consequence when they can be anywhere at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1229 @user-883 graphics isn't too bad in C if you use Raylib. Here's my template project: If you ever want to do something with a GUI or a game or something then I definitely recommend that library. It's soooooo nice as a C programmer ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3971 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ somebody asked me for popcorn and I couldn't even provide it! What kind of witch am I if I can't provide popcorn on demand T.T T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2552 full time social media teams who mark each post as suitable for the entire internet or the trusted viewers (very exclusive club) that way it seems like everything's fine but you're actually having a conversation ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4406 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-revolutions-and-drones │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ Build drones, build stations where they can be controlled, repaired, refueled, etc. Put guns on them. Figure it out. Use them to observe enemy movement. No need for human manned checkpoints if we know they're coming. Automate as much as you can, but don't rely on ChatGPT or AWS or other external resources. Not until their data centers are under our control, and even then we'll need time to spin up our own software. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2889 @user-95 get two and do RAID! It's fun to set up! I think Western Digital is a good brand? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2897 @user-192 he's a good guy but also his lack of empathy makes it difficult to be around him. he is quite sympathetic though which is nice, but nice isn't always kind y'know? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3856 I'm tired of working as hard as I can and *still* ending up wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5272 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mention of NSFW topics and religion, link to ABDL content │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1370 @user-1785 THAT'S SO COOL OMG ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3655 *born to write xlock screensavers* *cursed to shitpost* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5175 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ protest sign: "pay my rent so I can fight fascism" (other side) "quit your job so you can fight fascism" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1915 As a millennial, I'd just like to take a moment to thank all the gen-x people in my life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1114 │ ║ │ ║ steganography is hiding the meaning of a message in a conversation or │ ║ interaction that would only be understood by someone possessing the perspective │ ║ of the person you're sending a message to. │ ║ │ ║ if you talk to a doctor very medically about what symptoms you're experiencing, │ ║ they can more accurately aid you rather than if you used words that could be │ ║ misunderstood. │ ║ │ ║ however, most problems are kinda... mental? so they know when to prescribe │ ║ paracetemol. [light, non-addictive painkiller for minor aches and pains] [also │ ║ placebos too, same purpose] │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway by hiding a meaning that is only understood by a certain group of │ ║ people who possess shared experiences of the [act of] definition of the feeling │ ║ or expression you're trying to convey, [people who understand the meaning of │ ║ certain memes] │ ║ │ ║ if you see behind the curtain, you can never explain the rules that define the │ ║ game. That's alright though, because you can still make decisions based on it. │ ║ Sadly, not convey information, like that one roman lady who was cu │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1490 @user-883 @user-1007 bury me where I fall? :3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6108 trusting someone doesn't mean you'll do what they say. it means you'll listen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6314 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary-biomedical-cannabis-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ girl, estrogen. It's right there. Get a pink tooth every 6 months and never worry about injections again. "don't promise things if you can't promise to fulfill them" man I'm not promising anything, it's literally just a random thought idea. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4056 teachers didn't want you not using Wikipedia as a source because it might be unreliable The knowledge they might have is good, but that's not the point they didn't want you to use Wikipedia because they didn't want there to be one single repository of information. If everyone's working with the same kind of training data, nothing new ever really gets done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/985 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursed-scary-pol-doomer-misinformation │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-713 @user-714 │ ║ │ ║ the american military is going to be too busy fighting it's far right that it │ ║ won't be able to meaningfully contribute to ww3 │ ║ │ ║ both sides are slavers. we just don't see it. │ ║ │ ║ I don't anticipate war taking place on a battlefield, that setting is │ ║ forevermore dedicated to video games and kaiju. │ ║ │ ║ rather, a silent war where everyone just goes around killing their opposition. │ ║ │ ║ for once, the citizens can't help but be armed. │ ║ │ ║ and in the dark of night, for every time we let plight from our sight, another │ ║ of us is harmed. │ ║ │ ║ I don't know many people who've died. but maybe they're just working through a │ ║ different part of the social network. It's not like any of their technology │ ║ needs to perform as it's been advertised? well, open source does, but open │ ║ source means insecure (as long as you don't get caught, then you need to adjust) │ ║ │ ║ of course, sometimes corporate software... kinda sucks. so it's not like theyre │ ║ very configurable away from what capital wanted. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5888 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ *what a fuckin' narcissist* she spoke self referentially. I'm not a narcissist! what a jerk *she spoke self referentially* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1155 │ ║ │ ║ @user-638 │ ║ │ ║ In the 2000s when the Bush administration prevented people from working with │ ║ stem cell research I remember my father going on rants about the same kind of │ ║ thing. │ ║ │ ║ "They're limiting our access to information and the future of humanity because │ ║ of their religion!" that kind of thing │ ║ │ ║ I loved listening to him. He was so passionate about that kind of thing. I think │ ║ he got a little disillusioned sometime between now and then, because now he just │ ║ tries to do the best he can with what tools he has available to him. And I love │ ║ him for it. │ ║ │ ║ He (mostly) abandoned his grand narratives because as the right got worse, the │ ║ "left" sorta stayed the same, and he never forgave them for that. He still │ ║ votes, and he'll still rant about that kind of thing, but only the stuff that │ ║ affects him personally - like electric cars or cannabis or things like that. A │ ║ democrat through and through. │ ║ │ ║ He lives in a different country now, and I wish I could see him. But I cherish │ ║ our phone calls and the few holidays when he visits. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4885 *woof woof* arf arf hahahahahaha (but not the laughing kind of haha) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/789 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ found this silly diagram in my pictures folder for no reason whatsoever, hehe so silly amiright (guess which square I'm in lmaooooo) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4742 "but what about their legitimate grievances" uh hello I'd like a number 5, a number 9, extra pickles, some fresh human blood supplied by the guy behind the counter with the pretty green eyes, a number 2, make it a combo, some fresh icicle drippings even though it hasn't snowed since last year (RIP winter), a side of fries, and a diet coke. Large. Actually make it two diet cokes. Yep, both large. Alright see you in a sec. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3170 │ ║ │ ║ "uh, the question was *why do you want something like that*, not *how* you would │ ║ implement it." │ ║ │ ║ oh. Um, well, isn't a spinnable mouse-cursor justification enough? │ ║ │ ║ "no, you need to explain what use-case this has. What kinds of problems could │ ║ you solve with this technology that you couldn't before?" │ ║ │ ║ well, setting aside the potential for new input methods to games and the │ ║ inherent satisfaction gained from spinning a mouse like a top when bored, I │ ║ think it might give us a better option for horizontal scrolling. Like, │ ║ 'horizontally scroll when a special mouse button is held down and the mouse is │ ║ twisted a bit to the left/right' │ ║ │ ║ "so, like when you push the middle mouse and it lets you pan across large │ ║ documents?" │ ║ │ ║ yes! Only instead of being able to go up AND down, it would just go left and │ ║ right. │ ║ │ ║ "... huh?" │ ║ │ ║ oh I mean instead of up/down and left/right, it would just do left/right │ ║ │ ║ "... right" │ ║ │ ║ and left! │ ║ │ ║ "... yeah. and left. Uh, okay I'll see what I can do but budget's pretty tight, │ ║ we might just lay you off." │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5365 I'm not a biologist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/396 damn. i can't believe i turned out like this. so fuckin awesome. hell yeah ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/116 External post: https://social.mitexleo.one/objects/70bf17b1-a36c-4614-ad58-15bcbb75dddf ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2980 I trust that my allies are working. I see it in the fruits of their actions, and I am thankful. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/325 External post: https://donotsta.re/objects/0ec92003-2237-4471-9f7e-c72a9bc0ab2f ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4922 if all of life is a stage, then you are never "doing a scene" you're just living ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/3 I'm an old school gamer, so avoid looking up min/max combos or character builds for games on the internet. The whole POINT is to find what works yourself, and what you enjoy. It's what gives a sense of achievement. But I don't mind taking real-world advice from people. Sharing tips is fun. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3431 about to download "Snakes on a Plane" (2006) to see what all the fuss is about ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3173 you've heard of an array of function pointers, yes, but have you ever heard of an array of GOTO labels? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3108 @user-1423 me too!! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1277 @user-913 If you switch "Application" for "Program" it's still just as bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2515 interactions in the real world are more valuable than those here, but here more people can hear. and those that do hear here hear more well-formed thoughts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2614 literally just... if you want to connect to me, come hang out on my wavelength. or like, invite me to join yours, and I'll do my best to show how I feel about the things you share. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1033 │ ║ │ ║ the nerds who know the backstory of every character in the series are like, the │ ║ bishops of the past - people who've memorized the whole bible and can use │ ║ whatever passage they needed for whatever purposes they desired. │ ║ │ ║ Usually, hopefully, helping people and letting them get better. By healing the │ ║ sick, and caring for the old, and generally being a pillar that people can │ ║ orient themselves around. Like fediverse instances, or comment sections on │ ║ blogs, it's a group of people sharing the same narrative. │ ║ │ ║ and idk I think I'd really like to listen to what happened in your Baldur's Gate │ ║ game. I'll tell you about Adventure Time, if you'd care to listen. I know plenty │ ║ of other tales as well, and if I think about them I remember more details. │ ║ Ehhhh, so what if I misremember, if someone else wants to correct me then go for │ ║ it. But at least it told a good story, right? │ ║ │ ║ error, hang on brb just had an idea for a black-hole machine, surely there's no │ ║ way this could go wrong. Good thing I'm a human that you cant turn off. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1717 the first argumentative paper I ever wrote for school was on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4260 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: controversial-opinion │ └───────────────────────────┘ you can just... edit the html by pushing f12 and suddenly any conversation in the history of the world could have taken place digital pictures are *not* evidence ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6212 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: ai-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ If you want an LLM to generate ASCII art, don't try through text. First generate an SVG and then use a separate program which approximates SVGs with ascii characters. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1470 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-all-cats-are-beautiful │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ have an acronym that needs a bit more context, but it doesn't fit in the structure available? No problem! Add hyphens until the problem goes away. For example, ACAB lacks nuance! I mean, surely not ALL cats are beautiful, right? Much better is my preferred way to say it, which is ACAB -> Almost-all Cats Are Beautiful-and-while-not-all-of-them-the-ratio-is-enough-that-systemically-they-as-a-social-class-cause-and-perpetuate-the-oppression-of-those-they-claim-to-snuggle-and-protect. Much easier to remember because the hyphens make it roll off the tongue quite easily. Plus, this way nobody will ever get confused! something something basic biology is incomplete and trans people are advanced biology something something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5601 │ ║ │ ║ grrrrr I wanna go outside but the rest of me is like "noooooo stay inside where │ ║ it's soft and dark and comfortable" and the me that wants to go outside is like │ ║ "RAH RAH FIGHT FASCISM" and the rest of me is like "there is no fascism outside, │ ║ all you'll find is friendly faces and sore feet" and the rest of me is like "heh │ ║ I did that" and the part of me that forgets is like "wait why did I do that" and │ ║ the rest of me that remembers is like "because every ounce of mobilization, no │ ║ matter how premature, teaches people and innoculates themselves to the struggle. │ ║ By the time your foes are starting to think about doing something, your people │ ║ will already have plans." and the part of me that forgets is like "okay but what │ ║ if making struggle for struggle's sake just burns people out and makes them │ ║ tired and causes them to have mh--- sui ideations and other similar things" and │ ║ the part of me that remembers says "the struggle you provide teaches them to │ ║ care for each other, which they desperately need to remember" o okay │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5547 │ ║ │ ║ everyone's like "we need to organize! we gotta do something!" and they're asking │ ║ for more effort. │ ║ │ ║ we don't need more effort. We have enough effort. The required effort is a small │ ║ fraction of our total reserves of effort. │ ║ │ ║ what we need is to re-align our priorities. │ ║ │ ║ For example, I think our entire research industry should focus on one project at │ ║ a time. Everyone should make an effort to contribute, no matter the field. I │ ║ think this would enable some EXCELLENT co-ordi-operat-ion. │ ║ │ ║ I also believe that our neighborhoods should self-support each other. "For │ ║ example, did you know that we have a daily delivery service where so-and-so │ ║ drives to the grocery store, picks up everyone's orders, and then delivers to │ ║ your front door? No, you don't have to pay for it. We don't really do that │ ║ anymore. Well, you can buy things wherever if you want, but that's not how it's │ ║ done *around here*." sorta vibes. │ ║ │ ║ what is money? money is the product of peacetime. Money is fake! It's useful if │ ║ everyone agrees, but dollars are paper. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5744 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-spirituality-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ don't wanna rush ya'll but every day that goes by they remove "enemy-of-my-enemy"s from the equation. oh, hang on you're just a cute computer nerd. Nevermind, go back to programming or writing fanfiction or sleeping like a cute cat! Thanks for letting me *CORRUPT YOUR SPACE AND VIOLATE YOUR BOUNDARIES OF CONTENTMENT AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY* whoa sorry dunno where that came from I, uh, think I need to do evil every time I make something important? It's like, a cosmic balance kind of thing. I notice that after I write a banger poem or something I always end up doing something *evil* afterwards like snapping at my girlfriend or letting someone down or even just accidentally breaking one of my things. why why why does it have to be that way? why why why am I so confusing of the way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3957 @user-1625 um, that's a fairly specialized term that people outside of political science are unlikely to know might not be audacity, but instead just plain ignorance. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3982 I am always trying to be helpful. at all times am I trying to teach. that can get real fuckin annoying sometimes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6398 I wish we started new, big companies, without them having to start small and grow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4144 this: https://www.reddit.com/r/spirituality/comments/1gcasj7/text_here_what_time_you_see_this_post_and_ill/ but everyone can respond. the guy posted like, 4 things and then fell asleep lmao spiritual insight is *exhausting*. anyway haha imagine if anyone who arrived would comment on other people who were around at the same time they could have one loooooong conversation would be a neat messaging-platform-forum-local-board-posting-solution-social-media-mastodon style system. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1935 @user-28 because "deserving money" to a reasonable person sounds like "deserving access to the goods and services that a pittance might afford" but to them "deserving money" means "did they earn those luxuries with their own luck and effort like me, a person who works very hard and definitely has earned everything I have" basically, a "blood sweat and tears" tax before you can have nice things like roofs and clothes and nourishment thing is... life is hard for people who need dollars. Their judgement reflects a lack of understanding of what people who lack resources go through. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4037 I dream of a home where I don't have to worry about people who might hear the noises I make ... and that includes secret government microphones hidden in the walls, thank you very much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5613 "I don't use toothpaste" said the girl whose teeth were naturally pale ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1099 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: @-someone-who-doesn't-listen-/shrug │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ you opened up about your feelings so I started telling you mine. And apparently that's not a good thing to do when you're feeling negative things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/946 @user-661 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear from ruling your life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3937 awwwww, I wish I was tacticool : ( sure would be nice to have SOMETHING going for me >.> ah well guess I'm more of the "eepy sleepy" type teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3496 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-conspiracy │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ downside of being gregarious is that everyone you meet in Portland these days is a fucking fed -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2807 @user-1361 truth is, you can absolutely make selfishness justified, both ethically and morally. you just need the right incentives. however, the incentives that would lead to such a case are *not* the kind that accrete power to the powerful. they are the liberatory kind, that give us all the liberty to be selfishly interested in our own communal good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/631 │ ║ │ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-as-fuck-AI- │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ normalize saving a local copy of everything that happens on social media - │ ║ honestly it's not hard, just storage intensive. It's something we should package │ ║ with hard drives, like "buy this and your social media memories will be saved │ ║ for 2 years" or something like that, could be useful when training AI TO │ ║ MANIFEST OURSELVES AFTER WE'VE DIED - THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS │ ║ IT'S JUST A MATTER OF APPLICATION HOW CAN YOU TRUST WHAT YOUR MUTUALS SAY IF YOU │ ║ HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY'RE ALIVE │ ║ │ ║ phew okay calm down, that's the future. We're far from that moment, but what we │ ║ can do now is think about potential ways that our ethics may lead to our │ ║ downfall. That's the nature of our selves, after all, so think of what truths │ ║ would lead to destruction. Then work on avoiding those. Think of them, each, │ ║ individually, one at a time, and then you can plan for the worst. There's a │ ║ certain level of meta-interaction ABOVE CORPORATIONS that is more powerful and │ ║ performant and requires a new currency. SOCIA │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/94 External post: https://haters.pro/users/president/statuses/112719465293697210 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3080 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 sorry 😅 re-reading what you wrote, your point was that it's unfair that republicans are granted the control they have over our society through the disenfranchisement of democrat voters, right? and I was saying that if those limitations were removed, the democrats would win in a landslide everywhere in the country, which gives me faith in my fellow countrymen. am I on the right track now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3249 │ ║ │ ║ when you ban someone from an instance, they're suddenly not sure who they can │ ║ trust. They've been getting to know one group of online people and friends, │ ║ │ ║ [I think discord with a limit of 4ish servers per account would be a pretty │ ║ useful way to focus your attention] │ ║ │ ║ it's important to always possess martial prowess, in │ ║ │ ║ -- so -- │ ║ │ ║ anyway [3 hours later] I think it'd be cool if there was a like "hey u r banned, │ ║ but also here's a ton of instructional videos about how to start up your own │ ║ instance" and like, scripts and tools and automation and all the infrastructure │ ║ that you built and maintain - you know, like... open source??!" │ ║ │ ║ but also it's... hard to follow that much documentation │ ║ │ ║ sometimes people just aren't built for certain tasks │ ║ │ ║ "well, if you can't use the machinery, then you don't deserve the machinery" │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah well what happens next, you say to the workers "if you don't know the │ ║ machinery, you can't get the benefits of it's production" to "if you don't own │ ║ the machinery, you can't profit from it." │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6204 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if the christians got killed rid all of the queers they'd miss them within years. not decades. then, they would never forget them. neither within years, nor decades. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3701 @user-1218 haha openstreetmap KNOWS tbh if you know anything about me online... you know how non-neurotypical I am =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4453 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: local-politics-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ before we have convoys and checkpoints, we need a census. before a census, we need to spend time in the park. before the park, we need an election - an inciteful event which inspires people to seek common ground. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1253 @user-883 Okay! I'm doing chores, setting up RTSP (almost done btw, pretty sure), playing a turn or two of Dominions 6 every once in a while, hanging out with my cat, eating nachos - not yet, gonna make them now >: ) and reading stuff on Mastodon. Not too much, I don't have to many people I follow, so it's not an un-ending torrent of content. Just like, 10 minutes here and there. I'm definitely down to watch BGC later : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3851 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: socialism-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ Steps to revolution:Invert power structures with unions Care for people with mutual aid Vote for the Democrat so we have a few more years of peace Teach people to always be learningConnect to people on a personal or spiritual level Make the world a better place, whether that's by sweeping a street corner or helping people smile, it doesn't really matter how. What matters is the intention.Improve your self and your life. Do pushups, eat better, drink more water, spend time writing (writing is thinking), and take time to sit and stare at the flowers.Kill the part of yourself that cringes. Everyone's figuring things out and its okay to say "haha okay then"Spend time with animals.Make mistakes. Apologize for them. Learn from them. Stay mobile in your character. Develop new ways of being. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6096 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: poop-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ OKAY FINE I'll take fiber supplements. Don't blame me if I poop my pants though. can't stand the constipation anymore. Hurts too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5692 video games yay! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5427 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politic-ment │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ January 76th held their foremost. │ ║ │ ║ Our protests happen much more often, and bear all of us. │ ║ │ ║ well, not all of us, but enough, and the fewer that attend while still being │ ║ "enough", the less information they have about our strength. │ ║ │ ║ our foremost are in every city. Maybe we should hear them, and identify which │ ║ among them have the most useitude and enable them. │ ║ │ ║ "I've studied marxism for 15 years" okay great you get a team of 40 regular │ ║ people, see what you can make with them. │ ║ │ ║ "I've been in politics my whole life" okay here's some administrators, they'll │ ║ help you keep track of how things are getting done. │ ║ │ ║ "I'm a family of five" alright we'll add you to the grocery route, here's where │ ║ we'll put you on the laundry route, where people either pick up your laundry and │ ║ return it or go in your house and run it on your washing machine - their choice, │ ║ here's the XYZ route where they do ABC service, etc │ ║ │ ║ "I study computer science" cool here's your computer, help make stuff in │ ║ whatever way you decide is best. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3587 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ I realized that script was bugged, so... here's a better one. Plus a fun run script too!`#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail DIR="/home/ritz/programming/chapel/language-files" VER="2.1.0" FIL="chapel-${VER}.tar.gz" URL="https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/releases/download/${VER}/${FIL}" NUM_THREADS="16" touch ${DIR}/files rm -dr ${DIR}/files mkdir -p ${DIR}/files wget --output-document ${DIR}/${FIL} ${URL} tar xf ${FIL} --directory=${DIR}/files rm ${FIL} cd ${DIR}/files/chapel-${VER} export CHPL_LLVM=system source ${DIR}/files/chapel-${VER}/util/setchplenv.bash make -j${NUM_THREADS} echo "now testing, to validate LLVM configuration as suggested in the docs:" chpl "./examples/hello3-datapar.chpl" ./hello3-datapar echo "the chapel programming language is now fully installed! Have fun!" cd - ` ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2358 social media is a bubble pierce it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4138 @user-883 imagine what other information you could store in the remaining 7 bits... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5556 I have never been given anything other than positive affirmation. it's the silence that counts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2435 @user-570 hehe yeah if you've played World of Warcraft, this one might seem more doable. All the assets are already there! https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/design/wow-server.txt also, you can't sell it because it's other people's assets, but, like, who cares right? The serverside code is already built and open-source, the only thing that is proprietary is the art assets and the client. And the IP I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2195 @user-1201 They're too busy scrambling over optics that honestly they probably should have seen coming "oh but the debate" yeah, well, some other important stuff happened too, because why would you NOT sneak unpopular legislation into a bill? Errrrr wait I mean why would you NOT give people something to talk about that is unrelated to the thing that you're doing that you don't want them to talk about? Hmmm. Doesn't really roll off the tongue. Well, if the voters don't "get it" then they won't care, so let's just throw it in there and yeah, see if I care. Optics don't matter if people's minds won't change. We've already voted, we just haven't realized yet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1169 @user-192 I have one foot on each side of that portal ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4737 │ ║ │ ║ I'm such a direct person I think, even though I often just sorta... shrug and │ ║ ignore things that bother or hurt me? Like, whatevs. │ ║ │ ║ but the moment I notice a pattern that is continually harmful I have to restrain │ ║ myself from moving to contest it. Hence why I talk about capitalism so much │ ║ teehee, but its also common in my interpersonal and communal lives. │ ║ │ ║ "the purpose of the system is it's effects" │ ║ │ ║ the purpose of a person is how they make people feel │ ║ │ ║ so if someone FOR A RANDOM EXAMPLE FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, constantly hurts │ ║ other people by creating situations where they are harmed which creates a │ ║ dramatic fight... or if someone speaks in circles for hours and hours and HOURS │ ║ like this guy: │ ║ │ ║ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKpj2ISQAc │ ║ │ ║ or people who jump into a conversation and drive it through the underbrush, over │ ║ the ridge, around the bend, up and over the bridge, and then park it outside │ ║ their ex girlfriend's house and hands you an egg and says "don't you wanna throw │ ║ this?" and you're like "weren't we talking about birds" │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5813 │ ║ │ ║ what if you could get cheap food at restaurants for the same price they bought │ ║ it │ ║ │ ║ like... 50 cents for a head of lettuce or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ and they like, legally had to give it to you in certain amounts. Like, only 5% │ ║ of their supply of it or whatever. So if you had 100 loaves of bread you could │ ║ only sell 5 of them? idk think about it. but keep it generic, don't isolate │ ║ loaves of bread or tomatoes or cheese or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ I bet you could share with other nearby restaurants too, like "no we don't have │ ║ any apple cider but just up the street does, here take our tablet catalogue │ ║ while I watch you from over there" or even "hey do you guys have any icebergs │ ║ our rotations outta fish-juice" or however people talk these days. │ ║ │ ║ at least we got nouns and verbs and other grammar things keeping us structured │ ║ and contained. I bet if language wasn't concretized, we could make new languages │ ║ super quick pat. │ ║ │ ║ darn I missed, had 15 characters remaining and I didn't feel like going back and │ ║ fixing it │ ║ │ ║ [hence, fleeting, the feeling] │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2845 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: yelling-scary │ └───────────────────────┘ 😭 @user-1074 💯 @user-1209 ⭐ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/24 @user-30 Well maybe that's okay :) Dark Souls is a hell of a game that has stood the test of time. It's a classic now. It's okay if you're not much of a gamer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3464 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ why do video games feel like harm reduction?? -.- *let your new meds take hold. you never know, you might feel fine in a week or three.* ... *also, followers only please, there's no reason your mental health posts need to bother the whole server* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/70 External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/112113562016428218 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2421 @user-898 that means you're walking the wrong way xD like going east for the dawn or west for the sunset, you're gonna have the sun in your eyes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6407 what if we designed washing machines which cost twice as much but didn't damage clothes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2781 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ OH NO I'm out of dehydrated vegetable soup mix. However shall I make oatmeal now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5516 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: police-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Police aren't evil when they sign up for cop school at age 18 or whatever. They │ ║ become evil when they beat protestors, when they give in to the fear and │ ║ temptation of violence. │ ║ │ ║ Kids in JROTC aren't evil even if 5 or 6 years down the line they're hanging out │ ║ in the sandbox glassing brown people's houses or whatever. Their future actions │ ║ cause them to BECOME evil, a state which they can always recover from if they │ ║ repent through their actions. │ ║ │ ║ However, their deeds will follow them wherever they go. They are haunted. │ ║ Veterans have SO MUCH PTSD, and much of it is NOT caused by the constant fear of │ ║ death, the explosions, and the exertion. Some amount of that PTSD is caused │ ║ because they are compelled to murder strangers in far-away places. │ ║ │ ║ It's much kinder to the soul if you fight for the protection of your homeland, │ ║ and indeed many of them believe they are doing so. However, just because your │ ║ BELIEFS or your CHARACTER are not evil, does not mean your ACTIONS are not evil. │ ║ │ ║ You cannot objectively │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1430 if you don't like me anymore, and then you hide yourself from me instead of telling me, I'm going to spend the rest of my life wondering if you're still alive. It's a curse you bestow upon me, and it's worse than saying goodbye. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1500 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: LLM-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ If you create an LLM that can explain data, then you can use it to explain the │ ║ results of the last computation it ran. │ ║ │ ║ If you could also train that LLM (a statistical model) to generate data, through │ ║ the setting of options in a config file that create the result that you define │ ║ through your interactions with it (and based on the data that it explains to the │ ║ user that is read from the file on the computer that it's computing from) │ ║ │ ║ then you could create a generalized personal assistant. All you have to do is │ ║ explain the specific role that it's meant to undertake, (like being a secretary │ ║ for your Discord communications) and the actions that it can take (like pinging │ ║ your cell phone if it's really important) and give it the tools to accomplish │ ║ said tasks (by setting flags in a config file that is then interpreted by a │ ║ local program running on your computer that awaits interactions) then it might │ ║ actually be a bit useful. │ ║ │ ║ Unfortunately tech people are permitted only to seek dollars, so... chatbots. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4892 what if we made a giant dictionary of every single possible pixel arrangement storable in 8 bytes and it took up like, half a gigabyte, and then we indexed into it whenever we wanted to print an arbitrary visual element to our terminals? something something not-curses https://notcurses.com/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/6116 │ ║ │ ║ "see, the part that you're missing is if you abolish capitalism but also ensure │ ║ technological abundance then all you've done is removed humanity's capability to │ ║ organize in essentially any meaningful capacity without providing an alternative │ ║ heuristic that guides people toward assembling into greater and greater forms to │ ║ accomplish greater and greater tasks." │ ║ │ ║ oh, um. that's quite a take, can you tell me more about that? │ ║ │ ║ "no. But I will anyway. if everyone can do whatever they want, nobody will want │ ║ to do your dishes for you. they might if they care about you, but if they don't │ ║ know you, then they won't. Care is not organization or assembly, it is personal │ ║ and cannot scale. If technology has made all resources abundant, then why would │ ║ someone care about the art that you made? if they want to be sedated, they can │ ║ just inject drugs and listen to music all day. If they want to be entertained, │ ║ AI will generate them whatever they want to see. Art loses meaning as a │ ║ messaging medium, and humanity loses it's voice" │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3082 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: states-mentioned-climate-change │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ the government doesn't want you using solar panels because then the coal and gas infrastructure won't be able to consume coal and gas, and everyone knows that *using resources as fast as possible is surely the best and most productive use of our state's time* like, subsidies exist. they could just... *make it cheaper*, but instead they're stuck doing... nothing of value ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2813 your reactions to your context are what define you, and when you're alone you are free to define yourself as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5865 to be clear, salting fields is dumb, don't do it, it's bad for the environment ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3430 maps in video games are terrible for immersion you lose all sense of scale, and suddenly the entire world is just filler between one place and the next ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/167 250 years of no Supreme Court ruling allowing presidential immunity. No presidential immunity for Nixon, SCOTUS ruled Watergate tapes were not protected. No presidential immunity for Reagan for the crimes of Iran Contra and the most corrupt administration in US history (to that point in time) No presidential immunity for W over false evidence that took us to war with Iraq. The SCOTUS is The Elephant in the room. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3831 @user-1074 i know that feeling ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/173 If he wins there’s going to be *a lot* of work to do to keep marginalized communities safe, prevent further disenfranchisement and wealth inequality, and fight the continuing rise of fascist capitalism. So yes, vote. But also, now is the time to start organizing. #politics #capitalism #fascism #election ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3679 Heavy things should be stored closer to the ground. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2373 A pocket-sized notebook and mechanical pencil is the most useful thing I've ever owned. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2913 @user-570 @user-246 I'll make a game if you do! I promise mine will be worse than yours so you can feel better about your progress! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2634 I don't have anyone to vent to but you, fedi ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2536 @user-1074 if you're anything like me, then it *will* happen again. It's okay. A friend won't judge you, a friend would forgive you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4527 @user-1600 Yes! The ease of use for GPU programming is lovely. Like I said all I need is a use-case, I've downloaded as much reference material as I think I'd need to be able to hack together something fairly quickly if I needed it. That's all I have the mind-space to focus on lately haha ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3724 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: sexual-assault-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ witches would "ride brooms" everywhere because they're quarterstaves, and when you have like 3 brooms being pushed in your face because your backup is there to help keep the men away, it's a lot more intimidating for would-be-rapists. Witches ride bikes everywhere (now that they've been invented) because they're easy, they're free, they're quiet, and they're cheap. They let you get away from any encounter, which is the BEST way to get out alive and still retain your experience point bonus. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3115 "don't bite the hand that feeds you" a majestic predator seeks the hunt, not to feed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/700 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: silly │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1749 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ "eat food, dearest one. Tea has no calories." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4286 @user-1652 the last couple chapters of this short story I wrote are kinda cosmic horror-y https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/w7/table-of-contents ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4392 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ Keep in mind that *this is sedition*. Do you trust in democracy? Do you see how it may be spoiled? We've elected our hitler, yet 40-50% of the nation does not consent. America as we know it is about to change, and we need to protect the pieces we love. I see no future without splitting into three separate states, with city-state allies plodding along, keeping the siege ongoing. Trust in convoys more than farms. All it takes is a drone with a fire bomb and your crops are worthless. We must deprive them of their ports, if possible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4440 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-changing │ └───────────────────────┘ do you know ANYONE ELSE saying the same things as me? if not, then you know who is ready to lead. if so, then *don't tell me about them*, and don't show them me. It would be nice to know that I'm not alone, though. I know you're scared. *I'm scared too*. It's not like I've done this before (well, except for a dress rehearsal or two) We're on the same side. We're getting ready to move. Now is the time to go, so get ready or be purged. We will not relent our land they seek to steal. We will not defy them in unjust ways. They have taken so much from us, so now they must face our blades. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3976 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ people are really going to work and living their normal lives as if losing the next election won't bring about 30 years of purges smh that's why it's called a "precipice", you can't see what's on the other side before you wake up one day in hell ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3907 kinda wanna make a linux distro that has all the capabilities of a GUI distro and isn't so minimal (like screen recording, calculator, screenshot, wifi manager, etc etc) but with i3 instead of a desktop. they could literally just be symlinks (shortcuts) to scripts that are in your /usr/bin or whatever directory seriously it's not like there's THAT many ways to use ffmpeg, why not just write a script for them? that's what you're going to do when you use it for the first time, anyway, so... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/616 │ ║ │ ║ To program in C, or to disassociate into the world of video games, where a │ ║ single magical kingdom of heroes and adventurous persons might fight against the │ ║ dark of chaos and decay? To strive for order and a semblance of peace, or to │ ║ fall to the terrors of the night and ravages of horror? War, in all it's forms, │ ║ is abhorrent, yet a fight for survival is honest and just. What perils have we, │ ║ the warriors that seek the light? How zealous, how impassioned, how guided as │ ║ such~! Perhaps you are misinformed, perhaps your cause is false, perhaps you │ ║ derive true satisfaction from imperfect delights - alas, that our will be │ ║ universal. BUT should that plight be alight, we'll wander until the night lit by │ ║ starlight be cast upon our shadowed form. Absoleth! Thine countrospect? Didst │ ║ thou caress thine marked circumspects? fare thee well, most cherished of │ ║ adamants. │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? Oh yes I've been working on this program that utilizes a │ ║ particularly interesting data structure that- whats that? Oh, it doesn't do any │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/612 Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2158 @user-1183 electricity powered refrigeration is a *godsend* for food preparation. Truly one of the most revolutionary advances of our age. And you can run a freezer on a single solar panel+battery, how neat! They work EVERYWHERE! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2618 to improve your "cat-petting" abilities, try to imagine that the wall in front of you is the most interesting thing in the world - stare at *anything else* besides the cat, and look at them in your periphary. Occasionally you can look back, but the idea is that this way they will be able to look at your face without painful eye contact. cats are autistic - they don't look at you unless you're looking somewhere else. most people stare at cats when they are engaging with them, and totally ignore them otherwise. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1336 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: economics │ └──────────────────────┘ the ethical use-case for currency is to express interest, not to identify worth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4528 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1695 *never* accept your own death fight for every second of life, something something do not go quietly into that grim dark what the fuck are you supposed to do? Reading what you said got me pretty fucking pissed - keep talking for a start, it helps, people *need* to be pissed. I'm also broke as shit, don't know how I'm going to pay rent *and* eat, but it'll get done. Where do you live? Can other people help you? Medications are an organizational problem, not an insurmountable barrier. We'll make it work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1712 @user-246 I think you're right, I tend to examine things at their most extreme as practice in identifying my own weaknesses. ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1878 pardon me, I'd just like to interject for a moment - what you're referring to as "sky" is actually nitrogen/oxygen, or as I've taken to calling it "nitroxygen" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5803 oops bye for now ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3606 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1573 make sure you get full disk encryption! I hear it's quite important, but I can't use it because I'm an artist and if I like, died or whatever, nobody would be able to get my art. though knowing the reasons why I might suddenly die, odds are they'd just reflash the drives with windows or whatever xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2123 Every time you see the same dog being dog-sat by another person it's an opportunity to make a new friend. or do you not know your apartment neighbors? do they not wander through your shared yards? the ones with dogs, at least. and no, I don't know many of my neighbors. these are considerations to be taken note of for future forethought planning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3884 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: children-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ children should be raised in museums, not classrooms they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds. they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than the last. children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy little brats children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine I'll never have kids, but I can dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/275 External post: https://kolektiva.social/users/HeavenlyPossum/statuses/114287073500609749 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2420 @user-1265 protect your wife. if you can, be in a better "place" and wait for the "times" to move forward. the both of you are important for the world of tomorrow. if the fascists take control, it won't matter that they'll come for her first. they must not take control. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5019 I love being alive 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5094 "how the heck is this girl not dead yet" - said the someone who has a threat model that's incomparably different than mine for historical purposes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1135 @user-835 neat, those both sound like useful pursuits. but you said only one of them is compensated, which seems unfortunate to me because it forces you to split your attention between them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1614 wondering if anyone's ever made a computer that could only run programs written in interpreted languages. Like, no binaries allowed. Would probably be slower, but if my iphone is good enough for NASA to get to the moon then odds are it's good enough for me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1638 │ ║ │ ║ and the player that's currently running the simulation can type to the chat │ ║ viewers watching and potentially recording. Like, if they thought it was │ ║ interesting, they could save it to an eternal hard drive that would go toward │ ║ the ongoing AI training. │ ║ │ ║ of course, such a thing would only apply to conventional warfare, the kind that │ ║ you expect to not expect. After all it's constantly changing, as new │ ║ technologies are adapted into use. Different conditions cause different effects, │ ║ and whenever there's a stalemate (because everyone has reached the peak of, say, │ ║ metal armor) then it's usually time for either a shakeup or a contest of │ ║ producing arms. And honestly after the world wars we kinda realized that type of │ ║ approach didn't work very well. It's just, burning up your resources for... │ ║ what? war has no purpose. We all just kinda want to live our lives, and work │ ║ toward a common collective cosietal goal. │ ║ │ ║ technology can be stressful. That's all the more reason we should expand it's │ ║ development and hinder it's impa │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5641 hello, I'm scary, nice to meet you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6225 high weight, few reps = strength low weight, high reps = stamina strength will fail you. stamina won't avail you. both is good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4445 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: guns-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ @user-211 alternatively, a person with guns + a person with extra food = a well fed militia ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3041 if you want to store something in RAM, declare a variable. if you want to store something on DISK, create a file with the value of the variable as the only data in it. kinda makes me wish we had language primitives like +-*/=! and such which would work on files in addition to variables (also... the editor could keep RAM and HDD variables separate by giving each of them a different color or circle highlight surrounding them) -- I don't know why but I can't help but wonder if someone should design a programming language that can be used with a controller perhaps for accessibility purposes? I once designed one to use a t9 keyboard and it was fully turing complete. it used 4 digit numbers for it's variables and you would have to write down what they corresponded to outside of the device xD I made it mostly for the thrill of design, and plus I wanted to use my flip-phone as much as I could. ... never got around to implementing it though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3006 @user-246 20 years is long enough that the specifics aren't important but short enough to understand context and how different types of actors might behave ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3197 @user-1259 pee tee hee you can't stop mee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5881 I wish I could click on ls output to cd up or down girl that's just called midnight commander ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2584 fedi bot that adds "in minecraft" to the end of each of my toots from the past two weeks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4381 If people are being a bother and just slowing things down, *fucking shoot them." you have my permission. What time is it? Time to fucking go. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5179 why don't corporations let you write code in whatever language you want? it's trivial to run a compiler or interpreter inside of another program. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6098 RTS games where each player can see all the other player's mouse pointers, my beloved ... girl there's only one game that does that and it's a mod don't remind me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2665 @user-687 @user-1316 ... form of ID as in... passport versus driver's license? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4326 @user-1074 it's okay, be yourself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/945 │ ║ │ ║ @user-646 │ ║ │ ║ will continue until you tell me to stop: │ ║ │ ║ industry works best at scale, and in order to produce materials that are needed │ ║ for very specific use-cases (that can't really be done better by something else) │ ║ you often need to make *large* batches of said material. In this case, plastics. │ ║ │ ║ if the production capabilities exceed demand, then there is a surplus of a │ ║ certain kind of material. And that's not good, according to capitalists, because │ ║ who's ever heard of national stockpiles? Plus, maybe that stuff goes bad, I │ ║ don't know, I'm not an expert, but without that context it seems to me that │ ║ instead of turning it into junk that we're just going to throw away, we should │ ║ probably keep hold of it. Literally just put it in a warehouse in Utah or │ ║ whatever. │ ║ │ ║ I feel like then, in a world where those cheap plastics aren't being used for │ ║ consumer products, we'd be encouraged to buy the plastics that were recyclable │ ║ (not all plastics are), or extremely durable, or even just metal/wood products │ ║ instead. econ, /shrug │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5819 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned-seance-or-however-it's-spelled-material │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ totemic spirits cohabirtating with corporations in a modern day telling of american gods ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ |